Remodelling older Billericay bungalows and post war houses
A bungalow being remodelled usually changes shape inside. Walls come out, a bathroom moves, and the floor that suited the old layout no longer works. In an older bungalow the solid floor may have no insulation, patchy damp protection and different levels from room to room. Taking it out and starting again, with a membrane, insulation and a fresh screed at one level from front to back, is what puts that right for good.
This is where laying by hand comes into its own. It is mixed on site to the depth each area needs, so a hallway, a bedroom and a new shower room can be brought to the right heights on the same day. Over insulation in a home, plan on 65mm floating; bonded directly to sound concrete, 25 to 40mm normally does. Because it is cement based, it is also the right screed for bathrooms, wet rooms and utility rooms, where calcium sulphate products are not suitable.
The post war houses in the town raise the same question when an old floor has failed. If the slab has cracked, sunk or gone damp, relaying it with insulation gives a warmer floor and a clean base for new coverings. If only part is affected, a local screed repair may do.
Very few homes here predate the First World War, only 2% by the Census figures, so almost all of this work is on twentieth century concrete. Heating going into a remodelled bungalow? Pipe cover and warm-up times are on our page for heated floor screeds in Billericay.
Garages, falls and drying times in Billericay
An attached garage turned into a room nearly always has a floor sitting lower than the house next to it. The old garage slab is cleaned, a membrane and insulation laid, and a sand and cement screed brought up to the finished level. For the depths, read our guide to garage floor screeding.
Wet rooms are another job for hand-laid screed. With a walk-in, level shower, the floor has to slope down to the drain, and we shape that slope by hand and compact it so the tiles run with it. That is hard to achieve with a self-levelling screed, which by nature finds its own level.
Drying is the main trade-off. A 65mm floor will be weeks drying before most coverings go on, since it loses around a millimetre a day over the first 40mm, then slower after. Additives can cut that wait; faster drying screed mixes are published at £20 to £28 per m², where a standard mix is £18 to £25.
Your figure is set by floor area, depth and access. A Billericay house with side access and a clear route to the room is simpler to screed by barrow than one where every load has to come through the hallway, so describe the access when you ask for a price.
Sand and Cement Screed prices in Billericay
Sand and cement screed: £18 to £25 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £450 to £630 for 25 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your sand and cement screed in Billericay
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
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Sand and Cement Screed from Slough to Billericay
On the map, Billericay sits east of Slough, about 46.2 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including CM12 and CM11), next to Basildon (4 miles), Wickford (4.5 miles), Brentwood (4.8 miles) and Stanford-le-Hope (7 miles).
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